World Water Day 2023; March 22nd.

FORUM: "Accelerating change." World Water Day 2023.

The World Water Day 2023 campaign is now live. This year, the focus of the UN observance is on accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Currently, the world is seriously off track on SDG 6. The latest data show that governments must work on average four times faster to meet this Goal on time. Dysfunction throughout the water cycle is undermining progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, disasters to peace. Rapid, transformative change is needed and everyone can play their part. Every action – no matter how small – will make a difference.  Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #WorldWaterDay, #22March, #Acceleratingchange

EVENTS: World Water Day 2023.

The UN-Water will hold several conferences, webinars and workshops. Register to the 2023 UN WATER CONFERENCE!

                           

The promises made by individuals on the campaign website will contribute to the Water Action Agenda - a main outcome of the UN 2023 Water Conference, which opens on World Water Day, 22 March 2023.


CAMPAIGN: Be the change you want see in the world.

The global campaign, called Be the change, encourages people to take action in their own lives to change the way they use, consume and manage water.

The Water Action Agenda is a collection of voluntary commitments from governments, companies, organizations, institutions, coalitions and members of the public, designed to deliver rapid progress on internationally-agreed water and sanitation targets, most notably Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6): water and sanitation for all by 2030.

United Nations World Water Development Report 2023 - Partnerships and Cooperation for Water.

The new edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR) 2023, Partnerships and Cooperation for Water, will be launched on World Water Day, 22 March.

At current rates of progress, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – water and sanitation for all – will not be achieved by 2030. Accelerated implementation is needed, which depends on the capacity of the world’s organizations and institutions to come together in partnerships and cooperation to rapidly speed up progress.

The UN WWDR will review how the water and sanitation community can cooperate more effectively within itself and with other sectors and realms of decision-making where water is critical for progress, such as health, education, climate change and gender equality.

The UN WWDR is UN-Water’s flagship report on water and sanitation issues, focusing on a different theme each year. The report is published by UNESCO, on behalf of UN-Water and its production is coordinated by the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme.
Browse past editions of the UN WWDR and download the 2023 edition on 22 March 2023.

 

To find out more about World Water Day 2023.
To make your own Water Action list.
To check out the Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving Water.
To find more simple Water Actions you can take.